Operation Deep Clean is currently underway at my house, which means I'm glamming it up in sweatpants and dumping baking soda on everything. Okay, maybe not dumping, but certainly using it in every room. Expired baking soda - which can cause recipes to fall flat - still works beautifully for cleaning and other applications. Not only [...] Continue Reading
Homemade Marinara Sauce Recipe
Bursting with zesty tomato goodness, this homemade marinara sauce is delicious over Italian-style baked meatballs with gluten-free pasta, as a dipping sauce for garlic bread, and more. We'll talk about more ways to use it in a moment, but first let's talk tomatoes. If you've ever experienced the summer-in-a-jar, bright flavor of [...] Continue Reading
Easy Italian Oven Baked Meatballs
These oven baked meatballs are as easy to make as they are juicy and flavorful. You know I love skipping unnecessary steps in recipes, and this recipe is no exception. Instead of hovering over a hot pan of oil and cooking a few meatballs at a time, I just mix everything together, form the mixture into balls, and pop them in the oven for [...] Continue Reading
Traditional Fire Cider Recipe + 6 Ways To Use It
It's no secret that I believe in fairy tales, but they're mostly of the modern day sort. Occasionally, though, I come across a recipe or ingredient that seems like it was pulled directly from one of Grimm's stories. That's totally how I feel about keeping unicorn root in the cupboard, and this enchanted fire cider recipe in the [...] Continue Reading
The 3 Best Reusable Storage Bags for Your Kitchen
It's been a long time since I ditched my plastic storage containers for leak-proof glass ones and started making my own beeswax food wrap, but until this year I'd never found a flexible, non-toxic, and reusable replacement for single-use Ziploc bags. So . . . I've been using the same handful of plastic baggies lined with [...] Continue Reading
Easy Baked Cinnamon Apple Chips Recipe
I love crisp apples for making this sweet and tangy chicken salad and easy apples sandwiches, but man . . . mushy apples . . . just blech. When I was in elementary school, I actually thought I hated apples because my dad bought Red Delicious, which tend to be beautiful but mealy on the inside. Turns out I am not alone in my [...] Continue Reading
How To Store Veggies & Fruits To Keep Them Fresh Longer
I'm all about eating healthy on a budget right now, which is why I'm loving the inexpensive box of organic fruits and veggies that's delivered to my door every week from Misfits Market. They sell imperfect, occasionally odd-looking fruits and veggies that won’t get sold in stores for about 40% off retail, which has helped my family save [...] Continue Reading
How To Make Washing Soda From Baking Soda
I’ve been using my 3-ingredient homemade laundry detergent recipe for years now and am so happy with it – it’s affordable, easy to make, and if you read the comments you’ll see that it really gets clothes clean. Part of the trifecta blend is washing soda, which can be used throughout the home as a cleanser, degreaser, deodorizer, [...] Continue Reading
